[fknorangesite]

> And if they're like pilots (who are typically only paid on time from wheels up to touchdown) that is likely an unpaid hour.

The same is true of flight attendants; they are paid from door close to door open. All that boarding and deplaning time is unpaid.

[sidewndr46]

There's been at least one incident where I spent hours sitting on a runway after landing. The pilot was professionally, but obviously very agitated. Does the crew not get paid for that time?

[fknorangesite]

"Door closed to door open" is not just a figure of speech, so if the doors were still closed and the plane was not yet at the gate: yes, they did (thankfully).

My source here is that my wife was an FA for many years. She has a couple stories of pilots deliberately not pulling all the way up to the gate if they know they're going to have to wait anyway, purely so the crew can stay on the clock (and it doesn't make any difference to the passengers either way). Though for every one of those instances, there are a hundred of being delayed in the airport or after-boarding-but-before-closed-doors or whatever that ends in hours of unpaid work time.